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LiveLaw Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 02 To November 08, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1055 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1070NOMINAL INDEXGURMUKH DASS KOHLI v. GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1055 Angomcha Bimol Akoijam v. JNU 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1056 PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER v. P.D.GUPTA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1057 Mayank Jain V/S Union Of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1058 Sushil Dewan v. UoI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1059 Suvan Yaduvanshi v. University of Delhi & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 1060 ABD MAESTRO...

Sikkim High Court Condones National Insurance Companys 223-Day Delay In Filing Revision, Imposes ₹50K Cost For Incorrectly Blaming Counsel

The Sikkim High Court has condoned a delay of 223 days by National Insurance Company Limited in filing a revision petition, observing that a justice-oriented approach should be adopted while considering applications for condonation of delay. However, the Court imposed costs of ₹50,000 on the insurance company for incorrectly attributing the delay to the ill-health of its previous counsel without proper verification.Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan stated that: “Blaming a counsel who was...

Meghalaya High Court Quashes POCSO Case After Informed-Consent Review Of Survivor Living With Accused And Their 2 Children

The Meghalaya High Court has quashed POCSO proceedings against a 24-year-old man after the survivor, now aged 19, and her mother expressed no objection to the quashing of the case, observing that the parties were living together as husband and wife with their two children. The Court, after examining the survivor's informed and voluntary consent through the report of the Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, held that there was no impediment to quashing the FIR and consequential...

Case Of The Victim Cannot Be Totally Neglected: Bombay High Court Upholds Categorization Of Woman Convict In Stricter Category For Remission

The Bombay High Court has upheld the classification of a woman convicted of participating in the dowry death of another woman under the remission category dealing with crimes against women, rather than the category dealing with crimes committed by women. The Court observed that the case of the victim cannot be totally neglected, and a beneficial interpretation cannot provide a way for erroneous interpretation of remission guidelines. A Division Bench of Justice Sandipkumar C. More and Justice...

Meghalaya High Court Gives State 4 Months To Process Terminal Benefits For Widow Of Employee Who Died Without Receiving Dues

The Meghalaya High Court has directed the State Government to process the release of terminal benefits to the widow of a deceased Public Health Engineering Department employee, who died in 2020 without receiving his retirement dues. The Court observed that although the employee's superannuation on January 31, 2016, had been acknowledged by the State, there was no material to establish that the authorities had taken positive steps to ascertain his service status after his transfer. The Court...

Medical Evidence Cannot Fix The Guilt Of The Appellant In Case Of Suicide: Tripura High Court Sets Aside Conviction Order Against A Husband Accused Under Section 498-A Of The Indian Penal Code

The Tripura High Court has held that mere non-production of the Malkhana register before the trial court cannot be a ground to discard a prosecution case under the NDPS Act, 1985, when the identity, integrity and safe custody of the seized contraband are otherwise established. The Court observed that in the absence of any material indicating tampering, substitution or a break in the chain of custody, such an omission does not invalidate the conviction. Division Bench of Justice Dr. T. Amarnath...

Seven Years, Three Witnesses & Incomplete Testimony: J&K&L High Court Reopens Acquittal Case For Retrial

Taking serious note of a criminal trial in which the prosecution examined only three witnesses over a period of seven-and-a-half years, including an injured victim whose testimony remained incomplete, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has invoked its inherent jurisdiction to reopen the case and remand it for a fresh trial in accordance with law.The Court held that although the injured victim had no statutory right to maintain an appeal against acquittal under Section 417(2) of the...

Arms Licence Scam: J&K&L High Court Declines Plea By IAS Officers Seeking DoPT To Consider Their Representations Before Deciding Sanction

In the Arms Licence Scam matter, two IAS officers had approached the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court seeking intervention/impleadment in a PIL concerning the arms licence scam, and seeking directions to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, to consider their representations before deciding on the proposal for grant of prosecution sanction.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Rajnesh Oswal declined to entertain...

Justice K Lakshman, Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has set aside adverse remarks made by a trial court against a plaintiff's counsel in a 2021 suit seeking a declaration of title, observing that the trial court's own records did not support the allegations against the lawyer.“...As per the docket sheet of the trial Court in O.S. No.912 of 2021, on most of previous adjournments, both counsel [were] present, as rightly contended by learned counsel for the petitioners herein... In the light of the above, it is apt to note...

Telangana High Court Laments Rubber Stamp Cognizance Orders Passed By Magistrates, Directs Judicial Training

The Telangana High Court has recently expressed concern over Magistrates taking cognizance of offences by 'using rubber stamps' and passing 'routine and mechanical orders', while noting that the court had set aside more than 500 such cognizance orders since January 2026.“…Since January 2026, this Court has set aside more than 500 cognizance orders. In those matters, the accused approached this Court by filing criminal petitions, questioning the legality of the proceedings, inter alia, on the...